Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1899 — GOVERNOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO OHIO VOTERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOVERNOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO OHIO VOTERS.

The contest this year In Ohio Is not and cannot be anything but a national contest. It is idle to say that it Is local—yes, and worse than idle—it Is dishonest to make such an assertion where the Democratic platform lays its especial atress upon national questions. The position taken by the Ohio Democracy, speaking in reality for the national Democracy, in th.'s campaign, is one destructive of national prosperity at home and of national honor abroad. The silver question is and must be a live issue, an issue of vital and foremost importance to the welfare of this nation and of every man in it, and especially of every wage worker in it, and it must remain one of" the chief live issues until it is not merely subordinated but definitely abandoned or repudiated by the Democratic party. No man in this country Is so vitally interested in having the currency kept at Its full value as is the man who at the end of the week or month is paid his earnings by another man for whom he works. You cannot by law' make a man prosperous. You can only do what the Republican party has done—give the chance to become prosperous by his own exertions. Our opponents denounce trusts, but they propose not one remedy that would not make the situation ten times worse than at Its worst it now is. Truly, Mr. Bryan's new dispensation be-

No man can hesitate hi thia struggle aftfl ever afterward call himself a true AmerMn] and a true patriot. He must stand by tae? flag. He must uphold the honor and th* interest of the nation, and the only way fig’s which he can stand by the one and opMiKE the other is to overwhelm the party thaij assails both. s When great nations fear to expand, shrink! from expansion. It is because their greatMim is coming to an end. Are we, still In the prime of our lusty youth, still at the nlng of our glorious manhood, to sit dow® ’ among the outworn people, to take place with the weak and craven? A thousand times no! We stand for continuation of the coofiJ&S tions which have brought prosperity to MU We stand for an Intelligent effort to wtofiH out any wrong that may arise without substituting a tenfold greater evil. Finally. WS stand for upholding the traditional Amttl-J can policy of defending the honor of W American people tn the face of any forefi»| foe and of giving outlet to the vigorous an< t! abounding strength of the nation. In the present crisis we appeal not nsdnsgl to party but beyond party; we appeal to all good citizens, to all patriotic Americans, to stand with us as we uphold financial intek*- ' rity and the conditions which make foe. material prosperity at home, as we uphold the honor of the flag and the Interests the nation abroad.

gins with a queer catalogue of saints when they canonize Aguinaldo as a hero and Altgeld as a sage.